Cuman

C3U1M3A1N1
/ˈk(j)uːmən/

noun

A member of a nomadic Turkic people of central Asia who ruled parts of Eurasia and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.

Similar
Polovtsian
OriginMedieval Latin Cumani ← Medieval Greek Κουμάνοι →
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Meanings

nounCuman (plural Cumans)

plural Cumans · alternative Kuman

  1. historicalA member of a nomadic Turkic people of central Asia who ruled parts of Eurasia and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.

    Synonyms: Polovtsian

proper noun

alternative Kuman

  1. The Turkic language spoken by these people.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA member of a nomadic Turkic people of central Asia who ruled parts of Eurasia and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.

Similar
Polovtsian
Also see
kipchakpolovtsian

Origin

  1. Medieval GreekΚουμάνοι
  2. Medieval LatinCumani
  3. EnglishCuman

From Medieval Latin Cumani, from Medieval Greek Κουμάνοι (Koumánoi), perhaps ultimately from the name of the Kuma River.

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Translations

Arabic كُومَان
  • كُومَان (kūmān)member of the Cuman people
Bulgarian ку́ман
  • ку́ман (kúman)member of the Cuman people
Chinese Mandarin 庫曼人 /库曼人
  • 庫曼人 /库曼人member of the Cuman people
Czech Plavec
  • Plavecmember of the Cuman people
French Couman
  • Coumanmember of the Cuman people
German Kumane, Kumanin
  • Kumanemember of the Cuman people
  • Kumaninmember of the Cuman people
  • Kumanischlanguage of the Cuman people
Greek Κουμάνος, Κουμάνοι
  • Κουμάνος (Koumános)member of the Cuman people
  • Κουμάνοι (Koumánoi)member of the Cuman people
Hindi कूमान
  • कूमान (kūmān)member of the Cuman people
Hungarian kun, kun
  • kunmember of the Cuman people
  • kunlanguage of the Cuman people
Japanese クマン人
  • クマン人 (kumanjin)member of the Cuman people
Korean 쿠만인
  • 쿠만인 (kumanin)member of the Cuman people
Polish Połowiec
  • Połowiecmember of the Cuman people
Portuguese cumano
  • cumanomember of the Cuman people
Romanian cuman
  • cumanmember of the Cuman people
Russian по́ловец
  • по́ловец (pólovec)member of the Cuman people
Turkish Kuman
  • Kumanmember of the Cuman people
Ukrainian по́ловець
  • по́ловець (pólovecʹ)member of the Cuman people
Urdu کُومان
  • کُومان (kūmān)member of the Cuman people

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

CamunMacun
Cite this entry
APA

Cuman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cuman

MLA

“Cuman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cuman. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cuman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cuman.

Source: Cuman on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.